Nights for Monday 12 December 2022
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BBC's Jonathan Frewin
10:45 PM.BBC's Jonathan Frewin joins nights. Audio
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Taranaki church pipe organ
10:35 PM.New Zealand's oldest stone church, the Taranaki Cathedral Church of St Mary in New Plymouth, is being restored as part of a $15 million project. The church's organ is being pulled apart while the… Read more Audio
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What is Stiff Person Syndrome?
10:25 PM.Singer Celine Dion has a rare neurological condition called Stiff Person Syndrome which affects roughly one or two out of every million people. Neurologist Todd Hardy, an associate professor at the… Read more Audio
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Auckland Film Studios expands
10:18 PM.Auckland Film Studios has opened two new sound stages to meet the growing demand for studio space from international productions. Screen Auckland manager Matt Horrocks joins Karyn on the programme. Audio
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Fergus Barrowman brings the jazz
9:30 PM.Regular guest Fergus Barrowman joins the show with some of his jazz favourites. Tonight Fergus dives into octogenarian jazz by the likes of Hank Jones, Enrico Rava and Charles Lloyd. Audio
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Nights Sport with Bryan Waddle
9:10 PM.Veteran sports broadcaster and cricket commentator Bryan Waddle joins Karyn on the programme for a rundown of the latest sporting news. Audio
7:12 The Fridge Light
This week on The Fridge Light, there's more to a snack than meets the eye. Snacks are time machines, structuring our hours and days, and tapping into our collective memories.
Chips Photo: 123RF
7:35 Crescendo
This week on Crescendo, actor and teacher Miranda Harcourt chooses the intensely passionate and altogether OTT Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz. And NZSO bassonist David Angus explains why playing the piece brings out his inner Ozzy Osborne.
Photo: Stephen A'Court Photography / Supplied
8:15 Pacific Waves
Koroi Hawkins presents a daily current affairs programme that delves deeper into the major stories of the week, through a Pacific lens, and shines a light on issues affecting Pacific people wherever they are in the world.
Photo: RNZ
8:30 Window on The World: Science In Action
On Science In Action this week, Two-million-year-old molecular fossils reveal the Arctic’s future under global warming, DNA reveals the enduring genetic influence of our extinct Denisovan cousins on disease immunity in modern Island Southeast Asians, and the art and science of 3D-printing violins.
Icebergs float in Baffin Bay near Pituffik, Greenland. Photo: KEREM YUCEL
9:10 Nights Sport with Bryan Waddle
Veteran sports broadcaster and cricket commentator Bryan Waddle joins Karyn on the programme for a rundown of the latest sporting news.
Photo: Photosport Ltd 2019
9:30 Fergus Barrowman brings the jazz
Regular guest Fergus Barrowman joins the show with some of his jazz favourites. Tonight Fergus dives into octogenarian jazz by the likes of Hank Jones, Enrico Rava and Charles Lloyd.
10:18 Auckland Film Studios expands
Auckland Film Studios has opened two new sound stages to meet the growing demand for studio space from international productions.
Screen Auckland manager Matt Horrocks joins Karyn on the programme.
10:25 What is Stiff Person Syndrome?
Singer Celine Dion has a rare neurological condition called Stiff Person Syndrome which affects roughly one or two out of every million people.
Neurologist Todd Hardy, an associate professor at the University of Sydney, talks with Karyn about the rare condition.
Celine Dion Photo: Yoshika Horita/supplied
10:35 Taranaki church pipe organ
New Zealand's oldest stone church, the Taranaki Cathedral Church of St Mary in New Plymouth, is being restored as part of a $15 million project.
The church's organ is being pulled apart while the building in which it stands is renovated.
Cathedral organist and head of music Christopher Luke chats with Karyn.
11:07 Nashville Babylon
On this week's Nashville Babylon, Mark Rogers has a birthday tune for Big Mama Thornton, plays blues from T Bone Walker and Jackie Brenston, reggae from Toots and The Maytals plus a bluegrass classic courtesy of Jimmy Martin.
